Brooklyn Philharmonic Names a New Music Director
Brooklyn Philharmonic Names a New Music Director
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By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Published: August 12, 2005
The Brooklyn Philharmonic yesterday named Michael Christie, a 31-year-old Buffalo native and the recently appointed chief of the Phoenix Symphony, as its music director.
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He takes over after a two-year search that left the orchestra leaderless after the departure of Robert Spano, who had stayed on as an adviser. Mr. Christie, who was Mr. Spano's former student, will conduct three of the orchestra's four subscription concerts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this season.
He will also start his job as music director in Phoenix in September, and continues in the same role at the Colorado Music Festival. For the time being, he said, he will continue to be a guest conductor at the Queensland Orchestra in Australia, where he was artistic director and chief conductor from 2001 to 2004.
Like many conductors before him, Mr. Christie put down an instrument to stand up on the podium. But his instrument was the trumpet, unusual in the conducting business, and unlike other instrumentalist-conductors, he never really had a chance for a trumpet career. Conducting took over too quickly. more... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/12/arts/music/12symp.html
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By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Published: August 12, 2005
The Brooklyn Philharmonic yesterday named Michael Christie, a 31-year-old Buffalo native and the recently appointed chief of the Phoenix Symphony, as its music director.
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Forum: Classical Music
He takes over after a two-year search that left the orchestra leaderless after the departure of Robert Spano, who had stayed on as an adviser. Mr. Christie, who was Mr. Spano's former student, will conduct three of the orchestra's four subscription concerts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this season.
He will also start his job as music director in Phoenix in September, and continues in the same role at the Colorado Music Festival. For the time being, he said, he will continue to be a guest conductor at the Queensland Orchestra in Australia, where he was artistic director and chief conductor from 2001 to 2004.
Like many conductors before him, Mr. Christie put down an instrument to stand up on the podium. But his instrument was the trumpet, unusual in the conducting business, and unlike other instrumentalist-conductors, he never really had a chance for a trumpet career. Conducting took over too quickly. more... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/12/arts/music/12symp.html
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